State leaders, Central Coast advocate organizations team up for three-day caravan dedicated to farm workers and work rights SANTA MARIA, Calif. – State leaders and local advocates are teaming up for a three-day caravan, dedicated to farmworkers and their work rights. The caravan began Wednesday in Santa Maria. The goal is to help farm workers know their rights. Several advocate groups such as Mixteco Indigena Organizing Project(MICOP), CAUSE, Lideres Campesinas are taking part in this, along with state agencies such as the Department of Labor and the workplace safety group Cal-Osha. Information is being shared verbally with farm workers in English, Spanish and the Mixteco language, details on paid sick leave, COVID pay and protection from wildfire smoke.